XXL Freshman 2022 – Kentheman

  • GOV’T NAME: Kentavia Miller
  • AGE: 28
  • REPPIN’: Houston
  • TWITTER: @imkentheman
  • INSTAGRAM: @imkentheman
  • TIKTOK: @kenthe304
  • NOTABLE RELEASES: Songs: “He Be Like,” “For Me” with Chase B and OMB Bloodbath,” “Rose Gold Stripper Pole,” “Rose Gold Stripper Pole (Remix)” featuring 2 Chainz; Mixtapes: 4 da 304’s, What’s My Name; Guest Appearances: Kali’s “Ain’t FWM,” Erica Banks’ “Hol’on”
  • LABEL: Asylum Records
  • CURRENTLY WORKING ON: As-yet-untitled debut album due this summer.
  • WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR’S CLASS: “It’s a lot of girls popping shit. It’s always men, but I really thought it was gonna be female-heavy. I thought it was gonna be like Lady London. I knew Nardo Wick. And I knew Babyface [Ray]. I was sold on them. ’Cause [Ray] had a great, great couple of years. I thought EST Gee was gonna be on here. My bitch [Kali] on here. I don’t give a fuck about nobody. Kali on this muthafucka. That’s all I care about.”
  • INFLUENCED BY: “My favorite artist is definitely Lil Wayne. I just feel like listening to him, he keep me on my toes of what’s the standard of being the greatest, you know what I’m saying? My biggest inspiration is Lil Wayne. Nick Minaj, for sure. Because it’s like for somebody to be in the game for that long and still have great verses and great bars and great wit, you don’t see that. And also, Drake. He made conscious rap work without it sounding conscious. It’s not boring. It’s basically Young Money, but I really like Lil Baby, too like his come up and I love his lyricism and I love how hard he works.”
  • AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL: “Bad as hell. I definitely fell in the class clown category. I didn’t be mean to the teachers. They just let me be me. I did like English. I hated math. Only math I do is money math. I would say English was one of my strongest subjects ’cause I was just really into it and it was easy, too. I really loved social studies, oddly. I just liked my teacher. He was amazing. My history teacher, Mr. Brooks. I would never forget him. That’s how you know somebody leave a mark.”

TRUTH ON BEING AN XXL FRESHMAN: “I went into it not thinking that I was gonna do it again. So, I was just like, Damn, they gonna let me down again. I know they ain’t gonna pick me. So, when they picked me, it was a very big shock because I feel like you always know your talent, but you know, people don’t dig into everybody’s talent. I know that I’m talented, but I know that I’ve had this amount of hot songs that they may have heard. It’s so many talented artists. For me to be considered and picked, it’s very insane to me ’cause you gotta think of me coming from like a real, true grind. I really never took a shortcut. So, for me to feel like I got all this, these things, like in an authentic way, it feels better to me.Throughout the years, everybody that’s been on the list, it’s like they’ve made a stamp. There were people that were successful after. And it’s like, Damn, that’s how y’all feel about me? I’m kind of like the rap best friend. I’m the one that says the things that’s like, I’ll take up for you when your boyfriend is cheating on you type best friend. I have very, very confident music and I feel like what makes me different is not only my sound but my journey and how I got here. That is what sets me apart. I’m very diverse. There’s so many sides to me that nobody’s ever even seen and y’all be seeing it the rest of 2022.”

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Duke ThaGod – His Story – His Words – Release Date Dec 29th

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Lavaughn Freeman, who goes by the stage name, Duke Thagod, gravitated to the north side of his city, where all the action was.

The northside was where the trappers and females posted all day and night. The glitz and glam of the local Drug dealers influenced him heavily in his early stages of life and led him to be involved in illegal activities and ultimately serve time in prison.

While in prison, he honed his skills as an artist and decided that when he got out, he would focus on his career as an artist.

Heavily inspired by Jim Jones, he attributes Jim Jone’s song, “We Fly High,” as the motivation behind his love for the rich lifestyle and fast living. Duke Thagod states,” Seeing him(Jim Jones) live life without a care in the world made me think to myself, I can do it also.” Duke Thagod labels himself as a Trap Rapper and says his music talks about his lifestyle and love of drugs, money, sex, and everyday struggle.

With the help of his manager Capo and the team at Eat While Count’n Sheep Entertainment and Promotions, LLC. (EWCS) he plans on taking his career to the next level by consistently releasing music and videos, including an EP 1500 and a series of videos to build his fan base and getting over a million video views and streams within the next two years.

Big Snap Two Pre-Release Party – December 29th – LEGACY LOUNGE RESTAURANT in ANSONIA CONNECTICUT

New Haven Artist John Dott is going to be releasing Big Snap Two in the coming months, and as part of this project – his team – is planning a pre-release party.

Eat While Counting Sheep Entertainment will be hosting this event and plans on sending invites to artist, models, djs, entertainment professionals of all backgrounds – so they can showcase their newest artist John Dott.

Capo Grant CEO of Eat While Counting Sheep Entertainment – has been coordinating plans for his newest client including – new releases and up coming projects that include other aspects of the company. One being – the newest fashion line that will help promote the brand.

John Dott has been working at a rapid pace – collaborating with local and recently signed industry talent for his up coming project Snap Two.

With features from artist like Ty Henny and Mari Red it is clear that John Dott is ready to go to the next level – in a comfortable manner. His flow is energetic and reflects where he is from which gives a unique sound to his rapid fire flow – backed by – fun instrumentals that could be played in movies or clubs.

This is proof that John Dott has the potential to go the distance as a A-List artist – so stay tuned – and be sure to link up with Capo – who is currently vetting vendors and potential performers for this event.

December 29th is sure to be – one for the books.

MORE PERKS – ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES IN CONNECTICUT – FOR SERIOUS ARTIST building THEIR PRESS KIT

We want to HELP ARTIST learn how to operate as – legit – entertainers – and by including media packages / support with our performance opportunities – we are able to take – a simple – situation and turn it into a valuable opportunity for any serious artist.

THE BLOG WRITE UP – is a great way to engage artist in something that helps them put as much information about who they are as musicians – in one – easy to find – place – that is updated and viewed – daily.

WE BLAST all of our #Blog links throughout our network and keep them in rotation as part of the work we do with the #Blog – we also encourage artist to send a simple MP3 version of their song – to us – via email – so we can put their music in rotation on the #MusicNetwork1063 station – and finally – we promote the artist – and their socials – on the Music Network 1063 Twitter Account – so artist can enjoy – the fact – that their music is going to be shared on a platform that is dedicated to promoting indie artist from all over the net.

Strictly Bidness Fan Page – Offering placement for indie artist that participate in showcases/open mics and networking events…

Strictly Bidness Management recognizes that artists need help to get support for their music. Simply placing an indie artist’s name on a flyer – isn’t enough – and – as part of our commitment to helping indie artists get as much out of every performance – they offer a simple – promotion – to help indie artists get exposure for their social media accounts.

The Strictly Bidness Fan Page is an easy way to help indie artists – promote their music without worrying about – making their account look crazy. Strictly Bidness use the content shared on the artist’s IG to make the flyer which includes a shout-out and – the date/time of performance – this is so artist can tag their followers/fans – as part of their effort to sell tickets.

Strictly Bidness Management promote the links throughout their Twitter network – and – encourage our followers to follow/like and comment on posts they enjoy – this is a great way for artist to see how marketable their sound is when their music is placed among other artists music.

While we encourage artist to go the indie route – we offer simple – custom – edits for serious artist interested in hiring models for custom clips/edits as well as promotion.

INDIE ARTIST WHO WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE NEW YORK CITY VIBE FOR A FRACTION OF THE PRICE – SHOULD TAP IN WITH CONNECTICUT

Strictly Bidness provides a solid opportunity for any rapper/singer or music professional to showcase their music in a controlled environment that is used to bring artist together strictly for creative purposes.

While it is easy to get lost in the celebrity of social media – Strictly Bidness works hard – to bring artist together – so they can have the freedom to express their art – among – creatives – who may not have access to such a diverse selection of sounds that some of us – take for granted.

Rappers who may not write their rhymes and choose to freestyle their bars over gritty instrumentals that are either well known – or lesser known – can be performing on the same stage as a indie rocker or EDM producer – depending on what we are going for that night.

So Tap in with Liz or Jennifer to sign up for the next school of rap function – AFTER CHECKING OUT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION…

PROS & CONS OF PLAYLISTS

ARTIST INTERESTED IN SPOTIFY PLAYLIST PROMOTION CAN TAP IN HERE

Playlists absolutely have strengths and weaknesses. Playlists are meant to be an ingredient in a robust music marketing strategy, they should not be relied upon to do all of the heavy lifting on their own.

WEAKNESSES: 

Passive Listeners – These listeners are likely not going to fall in love with your music right away and become a true fan of you in just one campaign. Listeners are passively going through playlists where it’s likely that every song they hear is from an artist they are discovering for the first time.

Lack of Control – You as an artist have no control over who else is in the playlists. Some curators will take money from anyone and put any song on their playlists regardless of quality. Some curators are very strict, most are somewhere in the middle. So even if your song is great, it may be surrounded by others that are not. This could possibly be a pro to help make your good song stand out, but it’s debatable.

Drop Off at the End – The listeners on the playlist are listening TO the playlist. Unless the listeners add you to their own libraries (which does happen) they likely won’t ever take it upon themselves to go and find you or your music again. Even if they liked it! At the very beginning though, no matter how you are reaching listeners for the first time, whether that’s playlists or ads on social media, when the promotion is over the activity is going to drop drastically.

STRENGTHS:

Easy & Efficient – This is the most direct way to reach listeners who are in new music mode and are purposefully trying to discover new artists. This eliminates the need to pay for an ad to ask someone on social media to stop what they’re doing, convince them to go into new music mode, and give an artist they’ve never heard of a chance.

Spotify Algorithm – Unless you have a big audience in place already, getting on to user generated playlists on Spotify is by far the most effective way of impacting the Spotify algorithm. Spotify collects tons of data on who is listening to your music from where, but more importantly they’re looking at patterns of what else these listeners listen to. These patterns are what determines which songs go on to which listeners algorithmic playlists like: Release Radar, Discover Weekly, Daily Mix, and Radio.

Building a Target Audience – Spotify is only going to show you the streaming activity from listeners who listen to at least 30 seconds of your song. So the people who actually give your song a chance is the data that is tracked on Spotify for Artists. With that in mind, playlists are a great tool that sort of act like a focus group. The audience in the playlists can help you start to build your target audience, figure out which song of yours audiences seem to like best, and pin-point the audience you can double down on with other ingredients in your music marketing recipe.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PLAYLIST PITCHING

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST PROMOTION – PITCHING AND CONSULTING

Playlist pitching on Spotify can be a polarizing topic when it comes to promoting music. Of course, the trickiest part of any Spotify playlist placement service is not knowing what curators or companies to trust, and not knowing if the streams certain playlists generate are even verifiable in Spotify for Artists.

This is why the Spotify playlist pitching service provided by #StrictlyBidnessManagement powered by #MusicNetwork1063 includes a 100% verifiable data guarantee.

Verifiable means that the streaming activity generated from the playlists in our network will appear on Spotify for Artists, register as streams from other listener’s playlists (not the other section), and align with the information your music distributor receives from Spotify.

You’ll be able to verify the listener’s age & location, saves on your songs, listener to stream ratios, and the playlists themselves all in Spotify for Artist.

Digital Management Services for the Artist WHO ACTUALLY WORK and COULD USE THE SUPPORT

Did you forget to fill out a simple application? – and that held you back from getting involved with something that could of helped your career move forward.

MAYBE you don’t understand how to juggle – showcases – with – paid performance opportunities because you don’t understand the difference between working with people <~ and – promoting to your fans – so you mix things up and make mistakes that cost you some opportunities.

Are you busy playing celebrity – and you forgot – that real work – had to get done – and depending on friends – to include you in things – just don’t work… welp – that’s where Strictly Bidness takes over – and literally – plugs you in – so you can start working – immediately.

WITHOUT worrying about being sold things you don’t need – our clients can get – real management help without the hassle – just by clicking the links we provide – and – filling out a form or reaching out to our people on Instagram and Twitter.

OUR GOAL isn’t to play games but to connect artist with real people who are involved in the industry – they are involved in – at their level – without making things complicated.

WE START WITH MUTUAL SUPPORT – and by doing so – allow everyone to have the same opportunity to get the attention they deserve based on the work they do – no strings – and no gimmicks – just work.

WORKING WITH ALL GENRES – our goal is to take the experience we have and use it to help indie artist – work in a more productive manner while learning how to work at a industry standard prior to meeting industry contacts.

IMAGINE – being able to step on stage – ready to go on a serious media run – ready to handle publicity – and – ready to field real offers when it comes to your actual value when it comes to the music you create.

That’s literally – what we do – so you want to tap in with LIZ or JENNIFER on INSTAGRAM for more details about the services we provide – and – our networking events – in #Connecticut.

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